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Sat, 10 Dec 2016 03:00:37 +0000Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Managementen-gbTJBot - Using Raspberry Pi With Watson http://i-programmer.info/news/91-hardware/10259-tjbot-using-raspberry-pi-with-watson.html
http://i-programmer.info/news/91-hardware/10259-tjbot-using-raspberry-pi-with-watson.htmlIn order to get makers and tinkerers to get involved with its Watson services, IBM has come up with an open source project to create a cute cardboard or 3D printed bot, named TJ after IBM's first ever chairman, Thomas J Watson, whose name is also used for IBM's AI-based services.
]]>sue.james@infomaxgroup.co.uk (Lucy Black)Hardware IoTSun, 13 Nov 2016 11:20:10 +0000Exploding RoboSimian - What 96 Batteries Can Dohttp://i-programmer.info/news/91-hardware/10240-exploding-robosimian-what-96-batteries-can-do.html
http://i-programmer.info/news/91-hardware/10240-exploding-robosimian-what-96-batteries-can-do.htmlFootage has recently been released by Nasa of a fireball caused while charging a set of new batteries in RoboSimian, a rescue robot built for the Darpa Robotics Challenge. The robot was completely destroyed and the event could have been lethal had humans been present.
]]>sue.james@infomaxgroup.co.uk (Harry Fairhead)Hardware IoTSun, 06 Nov 2016 10:31:15 +0000Microsoft Ditches Fitness Band SDKhttp://i-programmer.info/news/91-hardware/10229-microsoft-ditches-fitness-band-sdk.html
http://i-programmer.info/news/91-hardware/10229-microsoft-ditches-fitness-band-sdk.htmlMicrosoft is backing out of the fitness band market, and has also discontinued its Band SDK.
]]>mike.james@infomaxgroup.co.uk (Kay Ewbank)Hardware IoTWed, 02 Nov 2016 04:20:05 +0000BBC Micro:Bit Goes Worldwidehttp://i-programmer.info/news/91-hardware/10192-bbc-microbit-goes-world-wide.html
http://i-programmer.info/news/91-hardware/10192-bbc-microbit-goes-world-wide.htmlThe micro:bit had the promise to revolutionize UK computer education. With the formation of the Micro:bit Educational Foundation the time has come to take on the world - but has it got what it takes? The micro:bit developer community is now launched and perhaps supplies just what is needed.
]]>mike.james@infomaxgroup.co.uk (Harry Fairhead)Hardware IoTWed, 19 Oct 2016 09:00:00 +0000Arduino Back To Being One Companyhttp://i-programmer.info/news/91-hardware/10141-arduino-back-to-being-one-company.html
http://i-programmer.info/news/91-hardware/10141-arduino-back-to-being-one-company.htmlAfter a long and heated dispute between the two original parts of the Arduino world, that resulted in the Arduino and Genuino brands being confusingly used in different parts of the world, everything is back to normal or even better than before.
]]>mike.james@infomaxgroup.co.uk (Harry Fairhead)Hardware IoTSun, 02 Oct 2016 17:46:05 +000010 Million Raspberry Pishttp://i-programmer.info/news/91-hardware/10067-10-million-raspberry-pis.html
http://i-programmer.info/news/91-hardware/10067-10-million-raspberry-pis.htmlIt is all too easy to miss the surprise factor in this statistic. We have grown accustomed to the way the Raspberry Pi has taken over the world, but 10 Million Units in four years is amazing. What are they all doing!
]]>mike.james@infomaxgroup.co.uk (Harry Fairhead)Hardware IoTSat, 10 Sep 2016 10:23:28 +0000IoT Developers Gaining In Experience http://i-programmer.info/news/91-hardware/10035-iot-developers-gaining-in-experience-.html
http://i-programmer.info/news/91-hardware/10035-iot-developers-gaining-in-experience-.htmlVision Mobile's latest State of the Developer Nation Report notes a new phase in the IoT market and the maturity of the developers who are engaged in it.
]]>sue.james@infomaxgroup.co.uk (Janet Swift)Hardware IoTTue, 30 Aug 2016 13:00:48 +0000Intel's New Joule In The Crownhttp://i-programmer.info/news/91-hardware/10003-intels-new-joule-in-the-crown.html
http://i-programmer.info/news/91-hardware/10003-intels-new-joule-in-the-crown.htmlI couldn't resist the headline, but the news is perfectly serious. IoT hardware is becoming more and more like a full desktop computer. Move over Arduino, the Intel Joule might well crush you with its processing power.
]]>mike.james@infomaxgroup.co.uk (Harry Fairhead)Hardware IoTWed, 17 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000Cayenne Easy IoT Programming Now Works With Arduinohttp://i-programmer.info/news/91-hardware/9980-cayenne-easy-iot-programming-now-works-with-arduino.html
http://i-programmer.info/news/91-hardware/9980-cayenne-easy-iot-programming-now-works-with-arduino.htmlCayenne is an online IoT dashboard that takes most of the complication out of creating hardware-oriented programing. Originally it worked with just the Raspberry Pi. Now it is available for the Arduino as well.
]]>mike.james@infomaxgroup.co.uk (Harry Fairhead)Hardware IoTTue, 09 Aug 2016 11:37:11 +0000Arduino IDE Gets Updatehttp://i-programmer.info/news/91-hardware/9957-arduino-ide-gets-update.html
http://i-programmer.info/news/91-hardware/9957-arduino-ide-gets-update.htmlThe Arduino IDE has been updated with an up-to-date bundled toolchain for AVR that includes new features from Atmel, GCC and AVRDUDE, and the new features have been shared with Arduino Create, the new cloud-based IDE.
]]>mike.james@infomaxgroup.co.uk (Kay Ewbank)Hardware IoTTue, 02 Aug 2016 13:48:59 +0000